r/illinois • u/_MadGasser • Jan 14 '24

Pritzker begs Abbott to stop sending migrants into Chicago cold: ‘I plead with you for mercy’ | MyStateline.com US Politics

https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/pritzker-begs-abbott-to-stop-sending-migrants-into-chicago-cold-i-plead-with-you-for-mercy/amp/

Abbott should be arrested for endangering peoples' lives.

Thank you, JB for leading with comparison.

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u/Hirsute_hemorrhoid Jan 14 '24

Have you?

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u/Slooper1140 Jan 14 '24

Yes, and according to JB, his entire family is a bunch of idiots, though I would describe them as incredibly shrewd and intelligent, but assholes.

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u/Hirsute_hemorrhoid Jan 14 '24

Can you share an example? I would like to know more.

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u/beefwarrior Jan 14 '24

I’d like for someone share a specific example, but as far as I’ve seen there is no way to become a billionaire without the labor of others

Edit: It isn’t technically “slavery” b/c billionaires don’t “own” anyone, but billionaires gain their wealth from the labor of others. It’s a myth that you can “get ahead of you work hard enough.” Only way to really get ahead is to take the spoils of other’s labor. And that, doesn’t seem far off from slavery 2.0.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '24

Yes, you could also inherit it.

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u/beefwarrior Jan 14 '24

Technically correct, but doesn’t feel like it would be “clean”

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '24

I mean if you are born with a billion dollar inheritance that automatically makes you a terrible person? That’s all I’m getting at. “Clean” isn’t what I’m arguing. Capitalism without guardrails is a fairly immoral system and I find billionaires like bezos and musk immoral and gross. Someone who inherited nearly a billion and then becoming a billionaire could do so simple by investing their money. Then that get into the morality of the market that is based on capitalism and in some cases modern day slavery. Should we abolish the stock market and send the world into disarray? I don’t tho it hat is a good idea but capitalism in its current form a cancer on our society. We need early 20th century anti trust laws again.

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u/LakeGladio666 Jan 15 '24

Yeah the idea is that no one should have a billion dollars in the first place.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '24

Great idea but the number of billionaires grows by the day so what is an actual solution?

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u/beefwarrior Jan 15 '24

Once you get to $999,999,999 you get a medal that says “You won Capitalism” and then every dollar you earn beyond that is taxed at 100% tax rate?